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FedEx Cup playoffs a misnomer? Maybe not

By Bob Harig
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

First, let's get a few things out of the way. The FedEx Cup playoffs, which begin Thursday at The Barclays, are not really "playoffs" in the traditional sense we have come to know through team sports. If so, far fewer players would qualify, and they would be rewarded less for their season's worth of work. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images When last we saw Tiger Woods, he was relinquishing his 54-hole lead at a major -- an unprecedented lapse -- to Y.E. Yang. This week, Woods is teeing it up a ...

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